* 419 – Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (d. 455)
* 1029 – Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (d. 1094)
* 1262 – Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1312)
* 1363 – Mary, Queen of Sicily (d. 1401)
* 1489 – Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1556)
* 1492 – Elizabeth Tudor, English princess (d. 1495)
* 1647 – Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, English privy councilor (d. 1730)
* 1665 – Samuel Penhallow, English-born American colonist and historian (d. 1726)
* 1667 – Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal (d. 1740)
* 1698 – Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena (d. 1780)
* 1714 – Christoph Willibald von Gluck, German composer (d. 1787)
* 1724 – Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet (d. 1803)
* 1819 – Charles-Louis Hanon, French composer (d. 1900)
* 1820 – George Law Curry, Newspaper publisher and Governor of Oregon (d. 1878)
* 1821 – Charles Tupper, sixth Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1915)
* 1849 – Maria Theresia of Austria-Este, queen of Bavaria (d. 1919)
* 1862 – William Henry Bragg, English physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1942)
* 1865 – Lily Braun, German writer (d. 1916)
* 1876 – Wilhelm Cuno, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1933)
* 1877 – Hermann Hesse, German-born writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1962)
* 1881 – Royal H. Weller, American politician (d. 1929)
* 1884 – Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist (d. 1931)
* 1893 – Ralph Hancock, Welsh garden designer (Rockefeller Center) (d. 1950)
* 1896 – Lydia Mei, Estonian artist (d. 1965)
* 1900 – Tyrone Guthrie, English actor (d. 1971)
* 1903 – Alec Douglas-Home, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1995)
* 1903 – King Olav V of Norway (d. 1991)
* 1904 – René Lacoste, French tennis player (d. 1996)
* 1906 – Hans Bethe, German-born nuclear physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2005)
* 1908 – Thurgood Marshall, American Supreme Court Justice (d. 1993)
* 1914 – Frederick Fennell, American conductor (d. 2004)
* 1914 – Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist (d. 1990)
* 1915 – Arthur Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington
* 1916 – Ken Curtis, American actor and singer (d. 1991)
* 1916 – Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Combat pilot and highest-decorated German soldier of WWII (d. 1982)
* 1917 – Murry Wilson, American musician and producer (The Beach Boys) (d. 1973)
* 1918 – Wibo, Dutch cartoonist (d. 2005)
* 1919 – Jean Craighead George, American writer
* 1923 – Wisława Szymborska, Polish writer, Nobel laureate
* 1925 – Medgar Evers, American civil rights activist (d. 1963)
* 1925 – Patrice Lumumba, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (d. 1961)
* 1926 – Octavian Paler, Romanian writer, journalist, (d. 2007)
* 1927 – Brock Peters, American actor (d. 2005)
* 1927 – Gene Ray, Founder of the Time Cube website and proponent of Time Cube philosophy
* 1929 – Imelda Marcos, First Lady of the Philippines
* 1929 – John A. Cade, American politician
* 1930 – Carlos Menem, President of Argentina
* 1932 – Dave Thomas, American fast food entrepreneur (d. 2002)
* 1933 – Kenny Wharram, Canadian hockey player
* 1934 – Tom Springfield, British singer and songwriter (The Springfields)
* 1937 – Polly Holliday, American actress
* 1937 – Richard Petty, American race car driver
* 1939 – John H. Sununu, White House Chief of Staff under George HW Bush
* 1939 – Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek politician and poet
* 1939 – Paul Williams, American singer (The Temptations) (d. 1973)
* 1940 – Kenneth Harry Clarke, British politician
* 1941 – Stéphane Venne, French Canadian songwriter
* 1942 – Vicente Fox, Former Mexican president
* 1943 – Walter Godefroot, Belgian cyclist
* 1946 – Richard Axel, American scientist, Nobel laureate
* 1946 – Ron Silver, American actor (d. 2009)
* 1947 – Larry David, American television producer
* 1948 – Saul Rubinek, Canadian actor
* 1948 – Gene McFadden, American songwriter (d. 2006)
* 1949 – Roy Bittan, American musician (E Street Band)
* 1949 – Hanno Pöschl, Austrian actor
* 1949 – Robert Paquette, French Canadian singer and songwriter
* 1951 – Michele Santoro, Italian TV journalist
* 1951 – Elisabeth Brooks, Canadian actress (d. 1997)
* 1952 – Johnny Colla, American musician (Huey Lewis and the News)
* 1953 – Mark Hart, British musician (Crowded House and Supertramp)
* 1953 – Tony Armas, Venezuelan baseball player
* 1954 – Pete Briquette, Irish musician (The Boomtown Rats)
* 1955 – Andrew Divoff, Venezuelan actor
* 1955 – Kevin Michael Grace, Canadian journalist
* 1956 – Jerry Hall, American actress
* 1957 – Bret "Hitman" Hart, Canadian wrestler
* 1958 – Thomas Bickerton, American Methodist bishop
* 1959 – Mike Hallett, English snooker player
* 1960 – Terry Rossio, American screenwriter
* 1961 – Michael Lindsay, Voice actor
* 1961 – Samy Naceri, French actor
* 1963 – Mark Kermode, British film critic
* 1964 – José Canseco, Cuban-born American baseball player
* 1964 – Ozzie Canseco, Cuban-born American baseball player
* 1964 – Joe Magrane, American baseball player
* 1964 – Hisakatsu Oya, Japanese professional wrestler
* 1964 – Charles Robinson, American wrestling referee
* 1964 – Alan Tait, Scotland rugby player
* 1964 – Andrea Yates, American murderer
* 1969 – Matthew Cox, American convicted felon
* 1969 – Tim Rodber, England rugby player
* 1970 – Yancy Butler, American actress
* 1970 – Colin Edwin, Australian musician (Porcupine Tree)
* 1970 – Scotty 2 Hotty, American professional wrestler
* 1970 – Monie Love, English rapper
* 1970 – Steve Morrow, Irish footballer
* 1971 – Evelyn Lau, Canadian author
* 1971 – Troy Brown, American football player
* 1971 – Bryan Redpath, Scotland rugby player
* 1972 – Darren Shan, Irish children's author
* 1973 – Peter Kay, British comedian
* 1974 – Sean Casey, American baseball player
* 1974 – Moon So-ri, South Korean actress
* 1974 – Matthew Reilly, Australian author
* 1974 – Rocky Gray, American musician
* 1974 – Tim Christensen, Danish singer
* 1975 – Erik Ohlsson, Swedish guitarist (Millencolin)
* 1975 – Éric Dazé, French Canadian ice hockey player
* 1975 – Stefan Terblanche, South African rugby player
* 1976 – Krisztián Lisztes, Hungarian footballer
* 1976 – Tomáš Vokoun, Czech hockey player
* 1978 – Jüri Ratas, Estonian politician
* 1979 – Diana Gurtskaya, Georgian singer
* 1979 – Sam Hornish, Jr., American race car driver
* 1979 – Joe Thornton, Canadian hockey player
* 1980 – Nicole Manske, American beauty queen and motorsports television commentator
* 1980 – Nyjer Morgan, American baseball player
* 1981 – Nathan Ellington, English soccer player
* 1981 – Alex Koroknay-Palicz, American youth rights activist
* 1981 – Angel Pagán, Puerto Rican baseball player
* 1981 – Aaron Voros, Canadian hockey player
* 1982 – Olivia Munn, American actress, model and television personality.
* 1983 – Michelle Branch, American singer (The Wreckers)
* 1983 – Sammy J, Australian comedian
* 1984 – Vanessa Lee Chester, American actress
* 1984 – Thomas Kortegaard, Danish footballer
* 1984 – Johnny Weir, American figure skater
* 1985 – Rhett Bomar, American football player
* 1985 – Chad Henne, American football player
* 1985 – Ashley Tisdale, American actress and singer
* 1985 – Corey Bringas, American actor
* 1986 – Brett Cecil, American baseball player
* 1986 – Lindsay Lohan, American actress and singer
* 1987 – Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model (d. 2008)
* 1992 – Madison Chock, American ice dancer